EP0020718A1 - Anaglyph stereoscopic imaging device. - Google Patents
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- Anaglyph stereoscopy is a well-known process in which left and right images are color encoded by respec ⁇ tive complementary color filters (e.g. cyan and red) for viewing through corresponding glasses to separate the images as required for a three-dimensional effect.
- respec ⁇ tive complementary color filters e.g. cyan and red
- U.S. Patent No. 3,712,199 of Songer, Jr. dis- closes an anaglyph stereoscopic imaging system in which a "compatible" two-dimensional picture is taken through a single lens.
- the photographic print is "compatible" in the sense that when it is viewed without filtered glasses, the image appears to be a normal two-dimensional image; however, when viewed through appropriately filtered glasses, a three-dimensional image is seen.
- three-dimen ⁇ sional information is derived from defocus components of the objects to be photographed.
- an object is sharply focused on the image plane of the camera, an object closer to the camera would normally be focused beyond the image plane. An object further from the camera would be sharply focused in front of the image plane. It can be shown that closer objects traverse the image plane with a defocus blur in the same sense as through the lens whereas further objects traverse the image plane with a defocus blur in the opposite sense.
- complementary color filters cover horizontally opposite sides of the lens, a focused image will appear in normal full color, while defocused objects will have left and right borders encoded as described above. For example, if cyan and red filters are used, objects closer to the camera may have a red fringe on the right side and a cyan
- OMPI fringe on the left side Objects further from the camera would have a red fringe on the left side and a cyan fring on the right side. When viewed without the aid of glas ⁇ ses, these fringes do not materially affect the normal two-dimensional aspect of the picture; however, when viewed through corresponding filters, the left and right encloded images are combined to create a three-dimensiona perception of the scene.
- Songer suggests the use of a conventional iris near the aperture stop plane to control the amount of light from object space by varying the periphery of the aperture stop.
- camera irises are round and the aperture is varied equally in two dimensions (i.e. both vertically and horizontally).
- the horizontal dimension of the iris determines the amoun of useful fore and aft defocus and, hence, image separa ⁇ tion. Accordingly, with a standard round iris or dia ⁇ phragm, as the size of the aperture is decreased, the three-dimensional effect is decreased due to the reductio of horizontal disparity.
- the separation of the images depends on the extent of the color fringing, it has been considered desirable to enhance separation by minimizing cross talk between the filters in the taking lenses and in the viewing glasses.
- the more prominent the fringing effect the less acceptable (i.e. compatible) the two-dimensional image. Therefore, there is a trade-off between separatio and compatibility and, for practical purposes, it is important that the fringing effect be optimized with regard to image separation and compatibility. This involves the filters in the taking system and in the lenses of the glasses through which the three-dimensional image is viewed. Additionally, it is highly desirable to maintain the color balance (colorimetry) of the existing system (i.e. without the filters) so that balance is independent of the selected color filtration.
- the radiant exposure of the photoreceptors.when the filters are in place should have the same color balance as would exist during normal (i.e. non-stereoscopic) use when the filters are not in place. This avoids the need for introducing correction by way of further filtration or electronic color correction, while providing the user with the latitude to which he is accustomed.
- a principal 'object of the invention is to overcome or at least minimize to the extent possible the above-mentioned deficiencies of the Songer system.
- Another object of the invention is to provide an iris construction for use with the taking lens of a single lens anaglyph stereoscopic system wherein horizontal disparity is substantially unaffected by the size of the iris opening.
- Still another object of the invention is to provide an iris construction for use in a single lens anaglyph stereoscopic system wherein vertical resolution is improved and aberration in the vertical direction is reduced.
- a further object of the invention is to provide an iris construction which can be rotated about the optical axis of a camera employed in a single lens ana ⁇ glyph stereoscopic taking system so that the camera can be rotated without loosing horizontal disparity and, conse- quently, stereoscopy.
- a still further object of the invention is to provide a color filter configuration within the iris region of the taking lens of a single lens anaglyph stereoscopic system which optimizes stereo image encoding and image compatibility when viewing without glasses.
- Still a further object of the invention is to define the optimum transmittance characteristics of the lenses of glasses to be used in viewing images produced by a single lens anaglyph stereoscopic system with regard t viewing comfort and image separation.
- An iris construction for use in restricting th amount of light passing through the aperture stop of a single lens anaglyph stereoscopic system comprises a pai of blades which are movable with respect to each other a which define an iris which is variable essentially only its vertical dimension so that image disparity is not materially affected by the size of the iris opening.
- the filters in the taking system are balanced radiometrically. with respect to the spectral sensitivity characteristics of the photoreceptors (color film or television camera) so that the radiometric balance with the filters in place does not differ substantially from the radiometric balance during normal use, i.e. in non- stereoscopic applications.
- the glasses through which the color encoded images are viewed comprise complementary colored lenses having approximately balanced luminosity characteristics.
- a preselected amount of cross-talk preferably between 5% and 15%, exists between the lenses. It has been found that this moderate amount of cross-talk greatly enhances viewer comfort while at the same time maintaining adequa image disparity for highly acceptable stereoscopy.
- Figure 1 shows diagrammatically the optics of camera intended to be used in a typical single lens anaglyph stereoscopic system.
- Figure 2 shows diagrammatically a preferred embodiment of a one-dimensional iris according to the invention
- Figure 3 shows the iris of Figure 2 in its full closed position
- Figure 4 is a front view, partially in section, of the construction of a module incorporating a one-dime sional iris
- Figure 5 is a front view of the module showing the iris in its fully closed position
- Figure 6 is a sectional view along the lines 6-6 of Figure 5;
- Figure 7 is a side sectional view showing the construction of a vertical iris wherein a single member controls the iris opening and the positioning of the filters;
- Figure 8 is a view along line 8-8 of Figure 7;
- Figure 9 is a view of the iris construction looking from the left of Figure 7;
- Figures 10 and 11 show preferred transmittance and luminosity characteristics of red-cyan and green- magenta glasses, respectively;
- Fig. 12 is a side v-iew showing how an optical relay would be used in conjunction with a zoom lens and motion picture camera;
- Fig. 13 shows diagrammatically the relationship of the taking lens and optical relay
- Fig. 14 shows diagrammatically a preferred embodiment of an optical relay arranged in the form of a periscope.
- the basic optical system of the camera is shown in Figure 1.
- the camera may include a conventional taking lens 12 which can be represented schematically by front and rear lenses 16 and 18, respectively.
- the taking lens may be a standard finite conjugate lens comprising a plurality of front elements 16 and rear elements 18 with an intermediate space in which exists generally collimated light rays emanating from the object to be photographed.
- the aperture stop plane or the iris plane which limits the size of the actual cone of energy which is accepted from
- the light flux appearing at the aperture stop plane is transferred by the lens 18 to a region which encompasses the surface of the photosensitive material
- a conventional round iris 28 limits the amount of light traversing the aperture stop plane.
- This iris need not be used (i.e. may remain fully open) when the verticall actuated iris of the invention is present or i may be replaced by a vertical iris configuration in accordance with the invention.
- the color filters 34 are also positioned near the aperture stop plane.
- the specia iris in accordance with the invention is shown at 38 and also serves to limit the amount of light traversing the lens system. As described in detail below with reference to Figures 2 and 3, the vertical iris 38 essentially restricts light in the vertical direction only permitting full horizontal disparity to sustain image separation as the iris opening is restricted.
- iris openings are round and the iris is closed equally in both dimensions (horizontally and vertically) by a circular array of leaves to adjust the amount of light traversing the lens system.
- This provide generally equal image defocus characteristics (horizon ⁇ tally and vertically) in normal imaging systems.
- only the horizontal aperture width determines the amount of useful defocus and, hence, the resulting stereoscopic image disparity. Therefore, standard two-dimensional irises tend to diminish the stereoscopic effect as the iris opening is decreased to control the light throughput.
- the iris comprises an opening 40 through which the light for the lens system passes.
- the iris opening may be reduced by a pair of upper and lower plates 42 and 44, respectively, which function to restrict essentially only the vertical dimension of the iris and not its horizontal subtense.
- the horizontal aperture dimension may be selected to provide the horizontal disparity required for stereoscopic separation while the vertical dimension alone is varied to adjust the light throughput required for correct exposure at a given shutter speed.
- Horizontal disparity can be further reduced if desired by adjustment of the conventional round iris of the taking lens from its nominally wide open pre-set posit-ion or by a similar restriction of the horizontally filtered subtense.
- the oppos ⁇ ing ends of the iris plates 42 and 44 include triangular cutout areas 46- so that the horizontal subtense of the iris is moderately diminished as the vertical subtense is reduced to its minimum dimension.
- This enables a minimum vertical dimension to be maintained so as to avoid well- known diffraction effects which cause a deterioration of resolution if the aperture is too narrow.
- horizontal separation is maintained through the overlapping open areas 48 of the triangular cutout por ⁇ tions as the aperture size is reduced by the desired amount.
- the slopes and shapes of the triangular portions can be varied as needed to satisfy diffration require ⁇ ments. For example, if it is necessary to maintain a one-millimeter vertical opening to satisfy diffrac ⁇ tion requirements for adequate vertical resolution and the
- Figs. 2 and 3 is possible for greater horizontal disparit consistent with tolerable image aberration because of utilization of marginal regions of the lens. Shapes othe than triangles may also be used consistent with the resolution limitations due to aperture diffraction for a selected aperture area.
- a vertically actuated iris avoids th need to use the special filter constructions shown in Figs. 8, 9 and 10 of Songer.
- Those "butterfly" c ⁇ nstruc- tions selectively eliminate rays travelling predominately along vertically displaced paths through the lens in orde to enhance the definition of upper and lower edges; however, they also reduce filtration as the iris opens. Since the same effect (of selective elimination) is provided by the vertically actuated iris of Figure 2, the filters used with the invention may fill essentially the entire iris opening, for example, as shown schematically in Figures 2 and 5 of Songer, allowing anaglyphic imaging even under restricted illuminating conditions, when the iris may be opened wide.
- FIGs 4, 5 and 6 show the construction of a module adapted to be inserted into a camera (for example, as shown in Figure 1) to provide the stereoscopic visual effects as described above.
- the specific means for maintaining the module within the camera is not shown.
- the module includes a rectangular frame 60, in which two rods 62 and 64 slide vertically.
- the frame 60 may include half sections 60A and 60B held together by fasteners 66.
- the rods 62 and 64 include elongated slots 63 and 65 shaped as shown in Figure 6.
- An upper diaphragm blade 68 is secured to rod 64 within slot 65 by means of fasteners 70.
- a lower diaphragm blade 72 is
- the diaphragm blades 68 and 72 are controlled manually by a knob 76, which includes a cylindrical barrel 78 around which a helical cam 80 extends.
- the cam 80 cooperates with a slot 82 in rod 62 and a slot 84 in rod 64.
- An axle 86 extends upwardly from barrel 78 into appropriately shaped openings (not numbered) ' within the plates 60A and 60B to retain this manual control member.
- the knob 76 When the knob 76 is rotated, the cam 80 forces the rods '62 and 64 in opposite directions, opening or closing the diaphragm as desired.
- Figure 4 shows the diaphragm blades 68 and 72 fully opened
- Figure 5 shows the blades of the diaphragm as fully closed.
- the filer may be of conventional construction, comprising complementary filter elements 87A and 87B held within suitable- retaining slots 88 in the module so that when the module is inserted into the camera, the respec ⁇ tive filters each cover half of the lens aperture opening.
- the vertical iris In addition to sustaining substantially full stereoscopic separation as the iris opening is decreased, the vertical iris also improves vertical resolution. This is.due to the increased vertical depth of field and the reduction, of aberration in the vertical direction caused by restricting the iris in the vertical direction only and using the highest quality (vertically) central portion of the lens.
- Figures 7, 8 and 9 show another embodiment of the vertical iris in which the actuator member for the iris inserts the filter elements into the aperture stop plane for anaglyph stereoscopy just prior to control of the iris.
- a control ring 90 extends forwardly from the lens and includes two rearwardly extending actuating pins 91 which engage a large annular gear 92 through which light enters the lens system.
- the actuating pins 91 pass through a pair of arcuate lag slots 93 within camera frame 89 so that rotation of control ring 90 causes a corresponding rotation of the annular gear 92 for the purpose, as explained below, of actuating the iris blades.
- the iris blades 94a and 94b each include a toothed rack on each side.
- a pair of upper pinions 95 and 95' move the upper blade 94a in response to movement of gear 92.
- An idler gear 96 engages the annular gear 92 and pinion 95' so th pinions 95 and 95' will rotate in opposite directions in order to move the blade 94a vertically.
- pinions 97 and 97* together with an idler gear 98 trans ⁇ late the rotation of annular gear 92 into a vertical movement of the blade 94b.
- the complementary filter elements are shown at 99a and 99b.
- Each includes a mounting section 100a and 100b, respectively, having a slot (not numbered) which engages the actuating pin 91 extending from control ring 90 through the lag slots 93.
- the filters are in their closed position (i.e. covering the aperture) so that as the actuating pins 91 rotate counte clockwise (as viewed in Fig. 8) the diaphragm blades 94a and 94b are closed without affecting the filter position.
- control ring 90 and the actuating pins 91 are rotated in a clockwise direction from the position shown in Figure 8, the pins 91 will exert pressure agains the filter mounts 100a and 100b causing the filter mounts together with the associated filters to rotate clockwise about axles 101a and 101b to an open position (not shown) in which they are withdrawn substan ially from the path o the light traversing the camera.
- the control ring 90 serves to actuate bot the filters and the iris blades.
- the filters 99a and 99b are rotated into the aperture stop plane. Further rotation o the control ring then moves the iris blades, as described above, to control the amount of light passing through the iris.
- Color saturation may be deemed to be the degree of purity of a perceived color at a particular wavelength.
- the degree of color saturation is a factor in determining the compatibility of the image when viewed without glasses,
- the greater the desaturation of the taking filters the less visible the color fringing (in the defocus blur) and hence the greater the compatibility.
- excessive desaturation will be accompanied by a reduction in stereo perception, requiring a balanced arrangement of color filters for optimum performance.
- the taking color filters may be desaturated-by introducing clear space into the filters or by desaturat- ing the entire filter.
- the introduction of clear space will result in narrower and purer color fringes in the defocused portions of the image than will general desatur ⁇ ation.
- the preferred complemen ⁇ tary colors are cyan (sometimes referred to as blue and sometimes referred to as green) and red. Any complemen ⁇ tary set of colors can be used and, theoretically at least, green and magenta filters have been proposed for use in anaglyph stereoscopy. Blue and yellow are also theoretically available but are deemed less attractive than the other complementary pairs.
- the Songer patent discusses the characteristics of the taking and viewing filters, stating that the filters should provide "equal brightness transmission of mutually exclusive portions of the spectrum" (column 5, lines 22-25). With respect to cross talk between the filters, Songer states that it is important that there be “extremely low cross-talk between them” (column 5, lines 49 and 50) to minimize eye fatigue and confusion to the viewer. Referring specifically to the glasses, Songer states that "the amount of cross-transmission of the lenses must be kept to an absolute minimum in order to avoid confusing the viewer" (column 8, lines 44-46).
- the "taking" filters are in the camera lens (photographic or electronic). Their characteristics are different from those of the viewing filters. The distin tion is in terms of radiometric vs. photometric quantiti for the taking and viewing filters, respectively.
- the taking filters are required ⁇ to transfer radiant energy through the lens to the photosensitive material (photo ⁇ graphic or electro-optic) such that a pair of spectrally separated exposures can occur in disparate portions of t photoreceptors, in accordance with the principles of single-lens stereo photography.
- the spectral characteristics of each of the color-sensitized photosensitive materials differs from a norm or standard.
- the radiant exposure upon the photoreceptors should exhibit the same radiometric balance as in regular use (that is, in non- stereoscopic applications). In this way, the latitude provided by the imaging system and the color cues famili to the photographer or cameramen will remain unchanged. For example, extra filtration for daylight or night photography may be implemented exactly as in conventiona photography. Conversely, any alteration of the balance spectral exposures will cause a need for corrective action, either by additional (normally unused) spectral filtration or by electronic color correction. These techniques may tend to deteriorate the colorimetric balance originally designed into the system. Excessive
- g ⁇ j _ color correction by such superficial means can create two principal negative effects:' (1) the visual color balance and/or saturation of the product may not be restored to its normal values; and (2) the colorimetry of the "fringes" which provide sensitive selection of color components in the binocular viewing system can be deter ⁇ iorated, creating thereby, poorer stereo perception via excessive color crosstalk.
- the characteristics of the filters are selected so as to maintain substantially the same colori etry as exists without the filters without regard to brightness considerations. This is achieved by adjusting the radiometric balance of the filters to maintain the same color balance between the integrated spectral sensitivities of the photoreceptors.
- the filter characteristics are selected as follows: 1. From input sensitivity data (i.e. sensiti ⁇ vity as a function of wavelength), the integrated spectral sensitivity is determined for each of the three photore ⁇ ceptors in the taking system (i.e. the blue, the green and the red). This represents the area under the spectral sensitivity curves for each color receptor, as exposed through known (and accounted for) bandpass characteristics (such as lens and filter spectral transmission).
- the ratio of the three integrated spectral sensitivities (B :G :R ) defines the parameter which s s s controls "color balance". That is, a color imbalance will result if these proportions are materially altered.
- OMPI ⁇ WIP0 may be defined as that which elicits the principal one of the complementary set, and "secondary" excitation as that which represents the feed-through component.
- Cross-talk is the ratio of the secondary excitation to the total over the wavelength region of interest and bounded by the cross-over wavelength(s) of the system. In this context, 100% cross-talk represents no filtration and zero cross ⁇ talk would be achieved by total isolation of the two spectral regions.
- the wavelength region of interest may be considered to be 400 nm to 700 nm.
- cross-talk may be measured over the accepted limits of photoptic luminosity (440 nm to 680 nm).
- CYAN >50% >57% 25%-42% ⁇ 12% ⁇ 10% ⁇ 20%
- MAGENTA >60% ⁇ 30% ⁇ 10% ⁇ 50% >60% >80%
- Figure 10 shows ' the transmittance characteristi of red-cyan glasses found to have favorable characteris ⁇ tics with regard to stereo perception and viewer comfort.
- Curve 1-03 is the transmittance curve for the red lens and curve 102 represents cyan.
- Figure 11 shows the transmittance characteris ⁇ tics of preferred green-magenta lenses, curve 104 corre ⁇ sponding to green and curve 106 to magenta.
- luminosity should be balanced in order to reduce retinal rivalry due to a differential in optical intensity.
- the balancing of luminosity in the two lenses may be achieved by additiona control of their tinting characteristics within the above limits.
- the overall luminosity is the integral over the frequency range of interest (440 to 680nm) of the product of (a) spectral luminous efficiency at wavelength ⁇ and (b) filter transmittance characteristics at wavelength ⁇ . These functions should be approximately equal for each lens. It has been found that when the luminosities of the lenses are balanced to within 10%, the differential i barely perceptible. When the lenses are balanced within 25%, the differential is still tolerable.
- Curves 108 and 110 represent the luminosities of the cyan and red lenses, respectively.
- Curves 112 and 114 represent the luminosities of the green and magenta lenses, respectively.
- the luminosity values represent normalized percentages of the photo-optic luminosity curve.
- each lens assembly to be used must be modified by the addition of appropriate complementary color filters. This is undesirable from a practical point of view when dealing with a family of lenses and/or complex and costly lenses, for example, of the zoom type.
- the use of an optical relay (as disclosed in the aforesaid application Serial No. 966,054) can avoid these problems and provide other benfits as well.
- Fig. 12 shows how an optical relay may be used in conjunction with a standard motion picture-camera 130.
- this optical relay and Figures 12, 13 and 14, the numerals of Figure 1 will be used to identify corresponding parts.
- an optical relay 134 may be provided between the camera 130 and taking lens 12.
- the optical relay 134 which will include appropriate fittings (not numbered) for coupling to the standard fittings on the lens and camera, may be in the form of a periscope including a horizontal section 134A and a vertical section 134B in order to reduce the length of the required lens system.
- the vertical section 134B is at a slight angle from vertical so that the relay can conveniently be secured to the camera with adequate clearance between the two parts.
- the optical relay 134 functions to transfer the aperture stop within the lens 12 to a location within the relay 134 which, in this example, contains the color filters required for anaglyph stereo ⁇ scopy and the vertical iris. This means that no modifica ⁇ tion or adaptation of the costly lens 12 is required to
- OMPI take stereoscopic pictures and also that the existing le 12 can be'replaced by other conventional lens assemblies
- Fig. 13 shows diagrammatically the overall optical system including the original taking lens of the camera and the optical relay.
- the taking lens 12 of the camera is represented schemicatically by front and rear lenses and 18, respectively, as described above with respect to Figure 1.
- the plane of focus of the lenses 16 and 18 would normally be at the photosensitive surface of the film within the camera; that surface is represented in Fig. 13 as image plane No. 1.
- An optical relay represe ted by lens 140, 142 and 144, functions to transfer the aperture stop plane of the original lens assembly to a location exterior of that lens assembly, and also to transfer image plane No. 1 to a second image plane (iden ified as image plane No. 2) which, in practice, will appear at the surfce of the photosensitive material with the camera.
- the lens 140 may comprise a field lens positioned at image plane No. 1.
- Lens 140 transfer the aperture stop plane of the original lens assembly to plane (sometimes referred to herein as the "aperture sto image plane") between the lens system 142, 144 without vignetting (i.e. truncating marginal parts of the image)
- the lens assemblies 16, 18 and 142, 144 are shown symmet ric although they need not be symmetric.
- the distance marked “f” is the (thin lens) foc length of each half of the symmetric lens 142, 144.
- the distance "f" (in this one-to-one imaging system) is also nominally twice the focal length of the composite (symme ric) imaging lens and of the field lens 140.
- the image of the aperture stop plane of the original lens 16, 18 appears at the place marked "apertu stop image" within the symmetric lens 142, 144 of the optical relay. Therefore, the generally collimated rays emanating from each image point in image plane No. 1 appear within this aperture stop image plane so that spectral filtration may be instituted- in this new region.
- Fig. 14 shows in semi-diagrammatic form', a practical construction.of an optical relay incorporating the optical system of Fig. 13. To the extent possible, the numerals of Figs. 12 and 13 are used to identify corresponding elements in Fig. 14.
- the image is inverted and reverted (i.e., reversed vertically and horizontally, respectively), this means that the optical system of Fig. 13 will cause an inverted/reverted image to be recorded on the photo-sensitive medium. It. is generally desirable, particularly in the case of cameras having view-finders which are dependent on the image, to transform this inverted/reverted image to noraml. In the preferred embodiment shown in Fig. 14, this is achieved by means of a mirror-prism technique as described below. The mirror and prism arrangement used to normalize the image also "folds" the physical package to reduce its physical length.
- the optical relay includes a housing 149 shaped like a periscope and in which the optical elements of the relay are retained.
- Two penta mirrors 150 and 152 verti ⁇ cally invert the image from field lens 140.
- the lens system 142, 144 may comprise a conventional double gauss lens as illustrated in Fig. 14 although, of course, other lenses may be used.
- the mirrors 150, 152 and the prism 154 are well-known optical devices.
- the choice (mirror or prism), in accordance with the preferred embodiment, is made primarily for optical path length adjustment. For example, glass generally increases the optical path by a factor equal to its index of refraction. Also, in the preferred embodiment, it is desirable to provide for the vertical inversion at the top of the periscope since this inversion is more readily adaptable to a vertical dimension.
- the iris 38 and the color filters 34 are posi ⁇ tioned.
- the iris 38 and filters 34 may be physically mounted in a module 159 whic is rotatable with respect to the periscope housing 149.
- the means for physically securing the various optical elements in place within periscope housing 149 are conventional and, therefore, are not illustrated in Figure 4.
- an optical relay not only avoids the need to modify costly lens assemblies but may also provid important supplemental advantages, particularly insofar a anaglyph stereoscopy is concerned.
- stereoscopic photography requires left and right (i.e. horizontal) disparity of viewing corresponding to the viewer ' s left and right eyes. If Songer's camera is rotated ninety degrees, the filters will no longer be horizontally oriented and, therefore, the camera could not take stereo pictures unless the filter was correspondingly readjusted
- An optical relay can readily provide for rotating the filters as the camera is rotated so that left-right disparity is maintained.
- the iris 38 and filters 34 are mounted in the special module 159 which can be manually or automatically rotated as the camera is rotated.
- a pivoting weighted member may be coupled through a suitable linkage means so that the module maintains its correct orientation whether the camera is horizontally or vertically disposed.
- the filters may be mounted in the camera lens so that they ca be rotated to maintain horizontal disparity as the camera is rotated.
- the stereoscopic effect can be varied by adjust ing the amount of disparity introduced by the aperture and filters. This may be accomplished by the following methods: 1.
- the horizontal aperture setting can be adjusted (for example, by the. round iris 28 if included in the design). This modifies the T-number by reducing overall transmittance while increasing the color saturation.
- the peripheral filter portion may be eliminated (or peripheral transmittance in ⁇ creased). This modifies the T-number by in ⁇ creasing overall transmittance while decreasing color saturation.
- the filters may be rotated (for ex- . ample, by rotation of module 159). This retains constant T-number and saturation.
- the filter components may be retracted from the center (or central transmittance increased). This is similar to Method 2 which is preferred in long focal length lenses to prevent excessive color fringing in the strongly defocused regions. Control of central transmit- tance is preferred in short focal length lenses where fringing is likely not to be excessive.
- control over filter saturation is generally available for control of fringe intensity to achieve stereoscopy with compatibility. Any of these effects may be automated.
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Abstract
Dans un systeme stereoscopique pour anaglyphe des images de gauche et de droite sont codees sous forme de franges de couleurs complementaires dans les regions de defocalisation de telle maniere que l'image, lorsqu'on la regarde a travers des lunettes a verre filtre de maniere appropriee, est percue sous forme d'image en couleurs tridimensionnelle mais, lorsqu'on la regarde sans lunettes, elle apparait essentiellement comme une image en couleur normale en deux dimensions. De maniere a ameliorer l'effet tridimensionnel et la compatibilite de l'image bidimensionnelle, un diaphragme special (38) est utilise pour commander la quantite de lumiere passant au travers des lentilles du systeme d'image. Le diaphragme restreint essentiellement la quantite de lumiere dans le sens vertical seulement, gardant ainsi la separation totale gauche-droite puisque la quantite de lumiere passant au travers du filtre est restreinte par le diaphragme. Les filtres (34) de prise de vues du systeme d'image sont choisis de sorte qu'apres le traitement normal la colorimetrie de l'image n'est pas perturbee. Pour cela il faut que les caracteristiques spectrales des photorecepteurs aient les memes rapports avec les filtres et sans les filtres. Les verres a travers lesquels on regarde l'image tridimensionnelle comprennent des moyens de filtrage de couleurs complementaires (figs. 10 et 11) pour les lentilles de gauche et de droite ayant des caracteristiques de luminosite approximativement equilibrees. On ameliore le confort de la personne qui regarde sans degrader sensiblement l'image stereoscopique en limitant la diaphonie entre les lentilles respectives.In a stereoscopic system for anaglyph images of left and right are coded as fringes of complementary colors in the regions of defocus in such a way that the image, when viewed through glasses with filter glass in an appropriate way , is perceived as a three-dimensional color image, but when viewed without glasses, it essentially appears as a normal two-dimensional color image. In order to improve the three-dimensional effect and the compatibility of the two-dimensional image, a special diaphragm (38) is used to control the amount of light passing through the lenses of the image system. The diaphragm essentially restricts the amount of light in the vertical direction only, thus keeping the total separation left-right since the amount of light passing through the filter is restricted by the diaphragm. The imaging system filters (34) are chosen so that after normal processing the colorimetry of the image is not disturbed. For this it is necessary that the spectral characteristics of the photoreceptors have the same relationships with the filters and without the filters. The glasses through which the three-dimensional image is viewed include complementary color filtering means (Figs. 10 and 11) for the left and right lenses having approximately balanced brightness characteristics. It improves the comfort of the person looking without significantly degrading the stereoscopic image by limiting the crosstalk between the respective lenses.
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